Lacing-stud.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

E. B. STIMPSGN.

LAGING STUD.

APPLIoATIoN FILED sEPT.27.19oe.

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LACING-STUD Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 190'?.

Application filed September 27, 1906. Serial No. 386,478.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN BALL STIMPsoN, a citiren of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Studs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in what are commonly termed lacing studs, having hook-like head portions adapted for detachable engagement with laces and the like, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character, of a simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and of a strong and convenient construction, having improved means of attachment integrally produced upon it and adapted for convenient and secure application tothe article or materialwhereon the device is to be set.

TheA invention consistsin certain novel features of the construction, and combinations and arrangements of the several parts of the improved lacing stud, whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, cheaper and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which serve to illus- 'trate my invention-Figure l is a side view of the improved lacing stud, Fig. 2 is a front view of the device; Fig. 3 is an underside view of the lacing stud, and Fig. Al is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the improved stud set in a sheet of material in position for` use.

As shown in these views the improved lacing stud is constructed from a blank or piece of solid metal of suitable size and has a solid head portion l, which is herein shownas of an elongated form with rounded ends in one of which is produced a slotted and longitudinally directed opening 2, whereby said head portion l is divided into upper and lower parts 3 and 4, which are separated from each other by said slotted opening at one end of the said head, but are connected together in a secure and rigid manner by an integral neck portion 5 at the opposite end of the head at which said slotted opening is terminated. The head thus constructed has a hooklike conformation to adapt it to receive a lace or the like, which may be passed in a well known way through the slotted opening 2 and held upon the neck 5, off which it is prevented from slipping by the overhanging portion 3 at the top of the slotted opening 2. Said head being formed from solid metal it is evident that the sur- Yfaces of the parts 3 and l at opposite sides of the slotted opening 2 may be made smooth and are not required to be cupped as in the case of sheet metal lacing hooks and studs, and consequently the wear to which the laces are exposed when ordinary lacing hooks or studs are used is greatly minimized. The surfaces of the neck portion 5 are also permitted to be rounded by my improved construction, and the outer exposed faces and ends of the head may likewise be rounded as shown in the drawings to lessen wear and prevent the stud from catching upon articles coming in contact therewith.

G represents an integral solid shank of reduced cylindrical cross-section extended downwards from the underside of the head l, and having its lower end portion cut away along opposite sides so as to produce parallel flattened surfaces l0, l0 thereon. rl`he cut away portions at opposite sides of the shank produce shoulders at the upper part of said shank as shown at 7, 7 in the drawings. The flattened lower part of the shank has its greater cross-sectional axis alined with the length of the slotted opening 2 of the head, and said flattened lower part of the shank is provided with a central longitudinal slitted opening or kerf 8, extended upwardly from its lower end, whereby said flattened part of the shank is centrally divided into two similar forks or prongs 9, 9, the slit or division between which prongs is extended in a direction transverse to the opposite flattened sides of the shank.

As shown in the drawings, the tips or extremities of the forks or prongs 9, 9, are provided with reversely beveled surfaces ll, ll, in order to permit said prongs or forks lto more readily penetrate the material, as :t in

Fig. 4, in which the improved lacing stud is to be set, and the said prongs or forks are made sufliciently pliant to permit them to be bent apart in opposite directions after they have been passed through said material, in order to securely grip and hold the said material against the shoulders 7, '7 at the upper end of the shank to prevent the device from being withdrawn.

From the above description of my improvement it will be seen that the lacing stud constructed according to my invention is of an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of its strength and of the lessened wear due to its rounded formation, and it will also be obvious, from the above description of my invention, that the device is susceptible of some modification within the scope of the appended claims without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the exact formation and arrangement of the several parts as herein set forth in carrying out my invention in practice.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a solid metal lacingl stud having' a head provided with,an opening extended through it from one side to a point adjacent to its opposite side and forming,- spaced upper and lower parts connected by an integral rigid neck portion, and a shank integrally produced upon and extended from the lower part of the head and havingopposite flattened sides said shank comprising alined prongs the division between which is extended lengthwise at the central part of the shank and in adirection transverse to its flattened sides.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a solid metal lacing stud having a head provided with an opening extended through it from one side to a point adjacent to its opposite side and forming spaced upper and lower parts connected by an integral rigid neck portion, and a cylindrical shank integrally produced upon and extended from the lower l0 part of the head and having opposite sides llattened, said 

